Chrissie, who lives in Camborne, said she was shocked and horrified when she arrived in the morning to find someone had targeted her business, which she has been slowly building for the past few years. She also runs a nail studio in the same building on the light industrial estate.

“It was heart-breaking. I was really, really devastated,” she said. “I am pretty positive my shop was targeted. He walked straight past my computer and the till. If it was just reckless crime, he would have taken as much as possible, but he didn’t. He just took specific products.”

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“I’ve been running my business for three years now, so I am quite well-known in the nail industry locally and I always do what I can to help people. But I’ve had offers of support from complete strangers.

“For people to ask how they can help, who I’ve never met, that’s really, really overwhelming.”

Police are investigating the burglary and asking for anyone who saw any suspicious behaviour or individual around the premises at the time of the offence to contact them. They are also keen to hear from anyone who may have been offered the stolen items for sale.

The police can be contacted on the non-emergency number 101 or by email on 101@dc.police.uk, quoting crime reference CR/042898/18.